Reothairt is Contraigh. Spring tide and Neap tide. Selected Poems 1932-72 was published in 1977. | |
Sorley MacLean received an honorary D. Litt degree from the National University of Ireland in 1979. |
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Sorley MacLean received an honorary D. Litt degree from the University of Edinburgh in 1980. |
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In 1985 Ris a’ Bhruthaich, the critical and prose writings of Sorley MacLean, edited by Professor William Gillies, was published. |
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Sorley MacLean was made Honorary President of the Saltire Society in 1985. |
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Sorley MacLean was made a Freeman of Skye and Lochalsh in 1987. |
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In 1989, O Choille gu Bearradh (From Wood to Ridge), the poet’s collected works, was published by Carcanet Press Limited. |
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Sorley MacLean was awarded an honorary D.Univ degree from the University of Grenoble in 1989. |
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Sorley was named the first Alumnus of the Year by the University of Edinburgh in 1990. |
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Sorley MacLean was awarded the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry in 1990. |
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Sorley MacLean won the MacVitie Prize for Literature in 1990. |
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Sorley MacLean was made an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1992. |
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Sorley MacLean received an honorary D.Phil degree from Anglia Polytechnic in 1994. |
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Sorley MacLean was made an Honorary Fellow of the RIAS and an Honorary Member of the RSA (HRSA) in 1996. |
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The University of Glasgow awarded Sorley MacLean an honorary D.Litt degree in 1996. |
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Sorley MacLean died on 24 November 1996 in Raigmore Hospital in Inverness. |
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